03-07-2006, 12:04 AM
Very little of ancient Indian knowledge and customs have survived till date.As the present day trend goes, whatever is left of our Indian ness in behaviour may not survive another 50 years.
i am quite sure it will survive. core hindu values are making a comeback. most importantly hindu pride is making a comeback.
The downfall of intellectuals of India during the long years of Islamic rule is nothing particular of India. The same is the case of other countires of that period which came under Islamic Rule during that period.
or even other progressive civilizations that fell to non-islamic barbarians. the mayans for example, who to invented the concept of zero on their own, and who had some of the most accurate astronomy and calender..... have produced nothing ever since they got a succor punch from the spaniards. looking at metzitos today, no one will be able to surmise that they once produced the maya and aztec civilizations.
When we look around us today, we find that we are in the forefront of the fastest developing countires amongst the former colonies of the West.
economically developping yes....but innovative???
how many patents has india taken??
texas instruments in bangalore, using the same indians, have taken more patents last year than all of india. they have the right method, which we totally lack.
The entire Middle East and entire Africa were also under the colonial rule of the West.
lets not flatter ourselves just cos we are better than africans and arabs.
Look at the development level that majority of them achieved.We are quite ahead of almost most of them. We cannot claim that the British gave some very special treatment to us Indians.Then what is the reason for this wide desparity today.Is it that we Indians are intellectually superior humans?
than arabs and afriacans?? yes.
as innovative and ingenious as japanese and nordics??
afraid not.
sarabhai's and j.c. bose are few and far between. but stiil thats not the real problem, the quality of indians. the real problem is the quality (the lack of it) of the indian system and the "rift' between the research and corporate entities.
but let me get this thread back on track..... WHAT DOES INDIA OWE TO THE WEST
??
WE CANT USE WESTERN INVENTED TRAINS, PLANES, COMPUTERS AND LEGAL SYSTEM AND CONSTITUTIONAL SYSTEM and keep maintaining that all they did to us is damage and loot and that we owe them nothing.
i am quite sure it will survive. core hindu values are making a comeback. most importantly hindu pride is making a comeback.
The downfall of intellectuals of India during the long years of Islamic rule is nothing particular of India. The same is the case of other countires of that period which came under Islamic Rule during that period.
or even other progressive civilizations that fell to non-islamic barbarians. the mayans for example, who to invented the concept of zero on their own, and who had some of the most accurate astronomy and calender..... have produced nothing ever since they got a succor punch from the spaniards. looking at metzitos today, no one will be able to surmise that they once produced the maya and aztec civilizations.
When we look around us today, we find that we are in the forefront of the fastest developing countires amongst the former colonies of the West.
economically developping yes....but innovative???
how many patents has india taken??
texas instruments in bangalore, using the same indians, have taken more patents last year than all of india. they have the right method, which we totally lack.
The entire Middle East and entire Africa were also under the colonial rule of the West.
lets not flatter ourselves just cos we are better than africans and arabs.
Look at the development level that majority of them achieved.We are quite ahead of almost most of them. We cannot claim that the British gave some very special treatment to us Indians.Then what is the reason for this wide desparity today.Is it that we Indians are intellectually superior humans?
than arabs and afriacans?? yes.
as innovative and ingenious as japanese and nordics??
afraid not.
sarabhai's and j.c. bose are few and far between. but stiil thats not the real problem, the quality of indians. the real problem is the quality (the lack of it) of the indian system and the "rift' between the research and corporate entities.
but let me get this thread back on track..... WHAT DOES INDIA OWE TO THE WEST
??
WE CANT USE WESTERN INVENTED TRAINS, PLANES, COMPUTERS AND LEGAL SYSTEM AND CONSTITUTIONAL SYSTEM and keep maintaining that all they did to us is damage and loot and that we owe them nothing.